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>> that is the best boehner ever. call it the new john boehner, taking on the tea party idealogues, he's now signaling potential support for immigration reform. last month he hired rebecca talent, a long-time adviser to john mccain who worked with democrats in 2003 and 2007. house republicans could fast track legalization for agricultural labors, increase the number of visas and provide an opportunity for young immigrants to become american citizens. don't expect to see a path to citizenship on the house floor any time soon. his ability to get the bill through will be his willingness to buck the conservative tea party caucus and convince the democrats. boehner basically said smaller is better. >> the american people are skeptical of big, comprehensive bills. and they should be. we have to address the complicated issues one step at a time. >> or as one republican aid described the delicate dance, they won't try to push through something that conservatives can't work with. we have former arizona congressman jim colby. t
>> that is the best boehner ever. call it the new john boehner, taking on the tea party idealogues, he's now signaling potential support for immigration reform. last month he hired rebecca talent, a long-time adviser to john mccain who worked with democrats in 2003 and 2007. house republicans could fast track legalization for agricultural labors, increase the number of visas and provide an opportunity for young immigrants to become american citizens. don't expect to see a path to...
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john boehner is quick to lower expectations for the bill in the house. is there any hope for a bipartisan compromise in a contentious midterm election year. >> best choice, pass it, no strings and get it done quickly. second best choice, finding a reasonable pay for that can work on both sides of the aisle. i would caution people, that's a lot easier sad than done. >> the polar express. >> stay home. don't come out. it's
john boehner is quick to lower expectations for the bill in the house. is there any hope for a bipartisan compromise in a contentious midterm election year. >> best choice, pass it, no strings and get it done quickly. second best choice, finding a reasonable pay for that can work on both sides of the aisle. i would caution people, that's a lot easier sad than done. >> the polar express. >> stay home. don't come out. it's
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john boehner said the last time you said horrendous it was about the drug benefit that george bush introduced. all of these plans, even social security, was underwhelming to start. i think at this point people accept this as the status quo and it has to be fixed. the reality is we are in the most expensive and least effective health care system in the world so that system itself has to be fixed as well. some of the disappointment will be people coming into a system that has issues like access to doctors and that's not insurance issues. it is a wider issue we have to fix as a country. >> they have to sell that message as that goes along. >> right. as things happen now, whatever glitches might happen on the open weeks of this new benefit, nothing is open, your insurance company's fault. >> put it book the insurance company. >> off of them. >> we have to go. the last word to you on the ezra on the politics, do you foresee the white house finally actually focussing on the medicaid piece so it focuses on -- the poor which is not exactly where poll tigszs like to see it? >> funny. i have been writi
john boehner said the last time you said horrendous it was about the drug benefit that george bush introduced. all of these plans, even social security, was underwhelming to start. i think at this point people accept this as the status quo and it has to be fixed. the reality is we are in the most expensive and least effective health care system in the world so that system itself has to be fixed as well. some of the disappointment will be people coming into a system that has issues like access...